Australia worked because the criminals were able to use a lot of unused land for sheep farming (and also stole some from natives). Now neither new land will be found in SF nor will the 'natives' be displaces.
They just want the simple convenient narrative that all those people are "criminals" instead of the more accurate view that the city (and country) has neglected its responsibility to care for the citizens for so long that the resulting human suffering has become too large to convincingly hide by sweeping it under the rug. Give those people affordable housing, quality mental health care services, and well-paying jobs and there basically wouldn't be a problem anymore.
People (outsiders or not) should be complaining about the conditions in the city, but those complaints should be directed at the failure of the government to provide basic things like healthcare and housing, not at the addicts and homeless people who are sick and vulnerable doing whatever they can to get by.
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Where's Snake Plissken when you need him?
It’s not THAT bad here. Different and a bit more dangerous than most places. More hectic, dirtier, homelessness, drug use, etc.
Some of the people on the street have hearts of gold. They deserve a narrative too.
But hey, if these negative stories keep undesirables (read: suburban people who complain about everything) out of the city, I don’t mind.
People (outsiders or not) should be complaining about the conditions in the city, but those complaints should be directed at the failure of the government to provide basic things like healthcare and housing, not at the addicts and homeless people who are sick and vulnerable doing whatever they can to get by.